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Recently, I attended the Congress on Healthcare Leadership presented by the American College of Healthcare Executives, and I was most impressed by one presentation: Building the New Healthcare Delivery System. In particular, I was struck by the fact that healthcare executives from across the country were focused almost exclusively on this new world of healthcare and its impact on how the organizations they lead are designed.

The road diet -- what a mistake. Even the mayor admits it could be a mistake. When the mayor was running for office he led me to believe that he was against the Broad Street diet. Two years later, he has flipped his opinion about the diet project. The mayor's vote, along with two of the previous council members, is what placed this mistake in motion. The urgency for the vote was to apply for a grant. A grant is federal tax dollars and not free money as some believe. This type of attitude is one of the reasons our ...

With their head coach missing the match due to a knee injury, the Lugoff-Elgin tennis team tried to help in Edward Rickwood's recovery by dousing visiting Richland Northeast, 7-0, in a Region 4-4A match played on Tuesday.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Chris Makla, 33, of Laurens, SC, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 12, 2014 at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church in Camden, SC. Rev. Bill Owens and Rev. Charlie Walton will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Boykin Spaniel Society, 2631 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, in honor of his beloved companion, Hanna.

Mrs. Eula Bell Pollard Shields, 81, of Bethune, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Born in Boykin, she was the daughter of the late Elias "Sport," Sr. and Mamie Kirkland "Teeta" Pollard and the wife of Clarence Shields. A Celebration of Life and Homegoing Service will be held Monday, April 14, 2014 at Twelve p.m., at Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Camden, with burial in Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Rembert. Mrs. Shields will be placed in the church at Eleven a.m. for viewing. Viewing will be held Sunday Twelve-Seven p.m. at Brown's Funeral ...

A memorial service to celebrate the life of James Alan Underwood, 87, of Camden, SC, will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, 1112 Fair Street in Camden. Burial will be in Moultrie, GA. Memorials may be made in Alan's memory to the charity of one's choice.

Mr. Terry Gregory Drakeford, 56, of 1707 B Street, Camden, South Carolina, passed on Wednesday April 2, 2014. Funeral services will ce conducted on Friday, April 11, 2014 at 3 p.m. at Parker Baptist Church in Camden S.C. Burial will be at Parker Baptist Church Cemetery in Camden, S.C.

Both Democrats and Republicans in South Carolina will have advisory questions on their June primary ballots -- votes that will not be binding but are intended simply to provide some feeling for what Palmetto State residents are thinking about particular issues. As you would guess, such questions often revolve around issues particularly important to one party or another, and they're sometimes done to help provide leverage for the parties to push certain projects.

James Leroy Belk American Legion Post No. 17 is seeking applications for Palmetto Boys State to be held June 8-14 at Anderson University. Applicants should be motivated students interested in learning about citzenship and government, rising seniors of good character and in the top 25 percent of their class. Applications are available from guidance counselors at high schools or may be obtained from Richard Lackey at 432-9527. Above, Palmetto Boys State chairman Lackey dines and chats with Girls State delegate Margeaux Laschanzky and Boys State delegate Riley Kohn when the two youths visited Post 17 to share their experiences from ...